Clinical Psychology & Assessment Services

Providing mental health support for enhancing interpersonal relationships, work and life adjustment, and personal effectiveness to help you navigate and cope in today’s world.

Dr. Pachner

Dr. Pachner is a licensed psychologist in New York and New Jersey with experience working with children, adolescents, and adults. She specializes in the treatment of mood and anxiety-related disorders and helps clients navigate mental and emotional road blocks during life’s stressful moments. Dr. Pachner has worked in both inpatient and outpatient settings as well as in community mental health providing individual and group psychotherapy to those facing difficult obstacles as they progress through life transitions. Dr. Pachner also performs forensic and psychological assessment including cognitive, emotional, behavioral, and personality evaluations.

  • Individual Therapy

    A personalized and collaborative exploration of one’s emotional experiences, sense of self, behavioral tendencies, and reactions to achieve short-term and long-term goals. This approach supports both insight and concrete skill-building, helping clients understand where patterns originate and gain tools to create meaningful, lasting change.

  • Psychological Assessment

    Psychological assessment involves using standardized tools, interviews, and observations to understand an individual’s cognitive, emotional, behavioral, or social functioning. These assessments help diagnose conditions, guide treatment planning, inform educational decisions, or evaluate overall well‑being.

    • Clinical/diagnostic assessment

    • Cognitive assessment

    • Neuropsychological assessment

    • Personality assessment

    • Behavioral assessment

    • Educational / psycho‑educational evaluation

    • Emotional and social functioning

    • Adaptive functioning

  • Forensic Assessment

    Forensic assessment refers to the use of psychological evaluation to answer legal, administrative, or safety-related questions. These assessments provide objective, evidence‑based information about an individual’s psychological functioning, behavior, and potential risks as they relate to decisions made in courts, law enforcement agencies, workplaces, and educational settings.

    • Violence risk assessment

    • Return to school or work/threat assessment

    • Public safety evaluations (e.g., pre-employment and fitness for duty)

Approach to Treatment

Having experience with a variety of presenting issues ranging from early behavior problems to adult adjustment difficulties, Dr. Pachner helps clients understand how early relationships shape the way they see themselves and relate to others today. Therapy focuses on recognizing old patterns, building healthier ways of connecting, and using the therapeutic relationship as a safe place to practice new skills and experiences. This approach blends insight about past relationships with hands‑on tools to create more balanced thinking, stronger relationships, and improved emotional well‑being.

“Feeling real is more than existing; it is finding a way to exist as oneself... and to have a self into which to retreat for relaxation.”

— D. W. Winnicott